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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars
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Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Speak Now and Red are closest to that mark, but those full-lengths have largely fallen out of favor.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Trump’s campaign spent the previous days trying to contain the fallout from racist jokes and sexist comments made by speakers at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
—Brian Bennett / Washington, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Measures like insuring that a soror’s skin color is no darker than a paper bag may have fallen out of fashion, but more insidious forms of prejudice persist.
—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Speak Now and Red are closest to that mark, but those full-lengths have largely fallen out of favor.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
In the inaugural episode, the Call Me by Your Name actor reflected on the fallout of the scandal.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Trump’s campaign spent the previous days trying to contain the fallout from racist jokes and sexist comments made by speakers at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.
—Brian Bennett / Washington, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Right out of the gate, the brothers are in a contentious mood, needling each other with elbows and bickering like little siblings.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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Lehane urged some of the largest crypto investors and companies, many of whom were bickering on Twitter, to instead form a coalition devoted to changing the public narrative.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Prolonged uncertainty Accounting for uncertainty for a matter of days might prove to be somewhat optimistic—elections since the turn of the millennium have dragged on for weeks before a final result was announced.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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As proven by the VP’s appearances on Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper and Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe, not to mention the radio perches of Howard Stern and the Breakfast Club, the power of podcasts are something on which both candidates agree this election.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The blowback against Martinez illuminates how politicians can’t underestimate how single-issue politics transcend party affiliation.Allison Mashell Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The lack of transparency is intensifying scrutiny of the state's voting system — including from former President Trump's campaign — and amplifying the blowback against the state's top election official at a crucial moment.John Frank, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Prisoners will keep fighting fires, too, with convicts able to win early-release credits on the fire lines.Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Tyson has not fought professionally since losing to Kevin McBride in the sixth round in 2005.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The drugs have been shown to help people with obesity lose up to 15 percent of their body weight, but come with side effects that mean many struggle to stay on the drugs for long—and weight regain is common for patients who come off the medication.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Is Taurine Safe? Supplemental taurine is considered very safe and isn't associated with adverse side effects, even when taken in high doses for long periods.Jillian Kubala, RD, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Whitehouse, the senator who requested the report, is using the findings to argue for higher tax rates on the wealthiest Americans, echoing the Harris platform.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Catch up quick: The FTC argued the merger would reduce head-to-head competition in the U.S. handbag market and enable them to raise prices for consumers.Kimberly Chin, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Soaked by several days of rain, the by-product of a nearby typhoon, the Tokyo International Film Festival and its accompanying TIFFCOM industry event might have been forgiven for being a little soggy.Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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There, the principles of sustainability form a positive feedback loop, especially in the bar’s commitment to incorporating by-products of the various drink-making processes into other cocktails.Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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The flare comes after nearly a week of flares and coronal plasma ejections spat toward the planet that threatened disruptions to power and communications systems on Earth.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
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Israeli media reported that coalition lawmaker Simcha Rothman had joined a Sukkot march during which ultra-Orthodox Jews spat at churches.JULIA FRANKEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Fall out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fall%20out. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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